Color Services Blog
July 4th Tips for Fireworks Photography
July 4th is Independence Day in the United States. It's an annual occasion celebrated with barbecues, parades, and, best of all---fireworks! I'm always sorry to see the fireworks end, but one way to make them last even longer, even indefinitely, is to capture them...
Register Now for Pro Photo Expo and Conference 2012
If you're a professional photographer, an aspiring professional, or anyone with an interest in photography, the upcoming Pro Photo Expo and Conference is for you! Friends of Color Services can attend the trade show portion of the event FREE, so read on for our special...
Hipstamatic Wall Art Features Yo Gabba Gabba!
When Holly Westhoff approached Color Services to contribute two 30x30-inch Hipstamatic prints to a Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles project—we were right on board! Habitat for Humanity builds and rehabilitates homes in order to help hard-working, low-income...
Insight~The Blind Photographer
It’s not every day you get the chance to meet a blind photographer. In fact, it’s highly likely you'll have the opportunity just once in your lifetime...and that’s why Bernward Thorsch’s upcoming opening is not to be missed. Berny is a regular at Color Services....
New Fabric Wall Clings~Try one FREE this Weekend!
This weekend, Color Services is offering everyone the opportunity to try an amazing new product....FREE! It seemed like the best way to introduce something so revolutionary. You really have to see and touch one to appreciate it. So what’s the product? They’re...
Color Services Photographs Santa Barbara Students at Partners in Education Awards Event
Since 2005, Color Services has supported local students by photographing the annual Partners in Education Career Education Awards Breakfast. Today, the 31st annual event was held at the Bacara Resort and Spa for this year’s well-deserving recipients. Rene Correa, of...
A Snowbirds Nest CD Debuts with Hipstamatic Prints from Color Services
Recently Color Services was contacted via website by Adrianna Krikl. Adrianna is a self-taught musician who has scored music for a wide range of projects including films, commercials, trailers, podcasts and museum exhibits. She sent a video link to show us what she...
Color Services Photo Graduation Cards and Announcements
When my son finished college last year, the idea of a gilded and embossed graduation announcement was simply not the right fit. This was a modern, casual kind of guy who had just finished backpacking around Europe after a year of study abroad. He had tons of pictures...
A Long Pour + Hipstamatic = Photo Contest
Grab an iPhone with the Hipstamatic app and snap some shots of anything wine! Oh, and hurry...because there's a great photo contest rolling at the website of our friend, Wayne Kelterer, at A Long Pour! It runs through April 17---with winners to be announced on April...
Los Padres Wilderness Photo Contest sponsored by Color Services
Sometimes we take our open spaces for granted and assume that they’ll always be there. But that’s a risky assumption. There are 200,000 acres of unprotected public lands in the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties that are at risk for...
New Website Launched at Color Services!
The new Color Services website launched yesterday to an outbreak of cheers from the staff at 230 E. Cota Street in Santa Barbara! We love our new look...and we hope you do, too! First and foremost, we hope it provides an improved experience for you, the user. Mostly...
Amazing Metal Prints
I remember finding pictures printed on metal in the boxes of photos from my grandma’s house. Those vintage tintypes seemed so special and substantial in contrast to my own albums of prints on paper. So when I first heard about modern metal prints, I was intrigued....
Beautiful Bamboo Frames and Mounts
When Color Services decided to expand its line of photo display solutions, bamboo seemed like a perfect fit. Foamcore, Gatorfoam and Artboard have been our old stand-bys, and they still have their place, but we wanted to add something fresh and new. When we discovered...
Hipstamatic iPhone App Adds Santa Barbara Photo Printing Service
Hipstamatic, the popular retro camera app for the iPhone, launched its new Hipstamatic 170 update today featuring a new photo printing service with fulfillment by Color Services in Santa Barbara, California! Hipstamatic by SyntheticCorp, currently the top photo...
Holga Inspire at Gallery 27
Holgas are a part of the culture here at SCS. The idea of a simple plastic camera, with a plastic lens and light leaks fascinates, intrigues and inspires us. As many of you know, we run Holga workshops. But why? Of all the cameras we have access to, why Holgas?...